Media Resource Center

Current High Profile Cases

Historic/Archived High Profile Cases

Reporters should contact the CIO with questions about a case. The CIO can help reporters access public case records and documents, and provide information about past and future hearings.

Access case records online through Minnesota Court Records Online

Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO) provides real-time access to the registers of actions for cases in the district court case management system. The registers of actions include court dates (past and future), party information, and many public documents. Many public court documents can also be obtained at any courthouse in the state by accessing the case through a public terminal using MPA Courthouse. Searching for cases in MPA Courthouse does not require a case number, but please note that pending criminal cases (cases that have not yet resulted in a conviction) are only accessible through MCRO if a search is conducted by case number. Defendant name searches will not yield results for pending cases under that name.

Hennepin County District Court

There is an additional resource for media covering Hennepin County District Court. Please contact Bonney Bowman in Public Affairs by phone at (612) 540-5219 regarding cases in that court, or to request an interview with Hennepin County District Court staff or judges.

• Procedures for Viewing/Obtaining Filed Exhibits in Hennepin County
• Request for Public Hennepin County District Court Data- Online Form
 

Reporters should contact the CIO with questions about a case. The CIO can help reporters access public case records and documents, and provide information about past and future hearings.

Access case records online through P-MACS, the case management system of the Minnesota appellate courts. P-MACS provides real-time access to case information, including court dates (past and future), party information, and a list of documents that have been filed. At this time, only documents filed by the courts are accessible online. All other documents are accessible at the office of the Clerk of Appellate Courts, at the State Law Library, at any court facility in the state, or through the CIO.

What should I expect when covering Supreme Court oral arguments?

Webcasts of Supreme Court Oral Arguments- Recorded and generally posted by 5:00 p.m. the day the arguments are heard

What should I expect when covering Court of Appeals oral arguments?